In theory, the AirPods Max offer lossless audio when connected via USB-C. In practice, that doesn't always work.

USB-A cables have been around for ages and offered ... bears a small lightning bolt icon. Its latest iteration, Thunderbolt 4, is blazing fast, transferring data at up to 40 Gbps.

The good news is that the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) is trying to clean things up with newly simplified logos and icons that better ... of any USB device or cable with almost no effort.

Cable management is a hassle that we all live with daily. If you aren’t scrambling to find the USB-A or USB-C cable plugged into the car dashboard, you’re untangling the wired mess at your ...

there have been so many variations and revisions of USB that finding the right cable or charger was more confusing than it needed to be. Finding the appropriate cable for fast charging once that ...

Unfortunately, Apple didn’t make a first-party USB-A to USB-C cable for this situation. Instead, the company sells a $29 USB-C to Lightning adapter as its official solution. My advice?

That cable is fine for charging but transfers data ... attach clear descriptive labels so we don't have to decode USB-IF icons. (And most products don't even have icons.) There was plenty of ...